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Published 5 Oct 2026, 14:45 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Vibration Monitoring — UK public procurement notice

Authority: Southern Water Services Limited (Public body)

GoodsAbove thresholdUtilities
Sectors: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) (38) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Budget not disclosed£0£0 inc. VAT
Tender notice expected 4 Oct 2027from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 4 yrsstarts 28 Oct 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Southern Water is undertaking a pre-market engagement exercise to understand current market capabilities for vibration monitoring solutions across water and wastewater assets. The information gathered will be used to inform future procurement requirements, including technology options, service delivery models, asset coverage, data analytics capabilities and implementation approaches. This exercise is for information gathering purposes only and does not constitute a formal procurement process.

CPV: Vibration analysers

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Lot 1Planned 4 yrs
Contract period: 28 Oct 2027 — 28 Oct 2031 (4 yrs)
38434400 Vibration analysers

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Utilities
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
5 Oct 2026, 14:45 BST
Last source update
5 Oct 2026, 14:45 BST
Authority reference
32
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Vibration analysers
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0780ea

How it was run

Submission deadline
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Timeline

4 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Planning notice publishedearlier today
    5 Oct 2026, 14:45 BST
  2. Market engagementin 18 days
    23 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
    Suppliers wishing to participate should access the opportunity via the Coupa Supplier Portal and click "Participate" to confirm their interest. Responses should be completed using the templates provided and submitted through Coupa, together with any supporting documentation, no later than 23 more…October 2026. Link to Coupa: https://supplier.coupahost.com/quotes/public_events?customer=southernwater&company_name=Southern+Water
  3. Tender notice expectedin 364 days
    4 Oct 2027, 23:59 BST
  4. Contract startsin 387 days
    28 Oct 2027, 00:00 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    5 Oct 2026, 14:45 BSTUK2

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Southern Water Services Limited

Contracting authorityPrivate utility GB-PPON: PBJQ-2231-ZRPG Southern Water, Southern House, Worthing, South East, Bn13 3NX

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure